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Mercyhealth, a health care system operating hospitals and clinics in Illinois and Wisconsin, agreed to pay more than $1 million in monetary relief to a class of employees and has offered to reinstate employees that it terminated for refusing to …

Bass Named Chief Operating Officer, Brooks Named Chief Claims Officer at Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp., headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, hired two additions to its Independent Agency Group leadership team. Brooke Bass joins as chief operating officer (COO), and …

Broker Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, the launch of BrokerSafe, an exclusive insurance facility for U.S. freight broker clients seeking access to more stable and affordable freight broker auto liability coverage. Freight brokers play a vital role in the …

Containment continues to increase on the biggest fire in California this year, which has been at “megafire” status for nearly a week. The Gifford Fire, which is burning in two California counties, is now 41% contained. It has burned more …

A fire broke out onboard a Maersk container vessel off the coast of Liberia on Wednesday and the crew was still battling to put out the flames a day later, the Danish shipping group said on Thursday. “The crew of …

The Trump administration is expected as soon as Aug. 18 to take another step toward curbing the growth of renewable energy in the United States by making it harder for companies to claim federal tax subsidies for wind and solar …

Insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, announced it has acquired Pilot Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits broker in Melville, New York. Josh Senders and Ben Senders, principals at Pilot, will join NFP as senior vice presidents and report to …

Heavy rain led to flooding around Chattanooga, Tennesse, where a family of three was killed when a tree fell on their car early Wednesday morning. News reports indicated that saturated ground caused the large tree to fall in East Ridge, …

Firefighters worked overnight to contain deadly blazes in Greece and Spain that have forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists. A wildfire is still burning in an inaccessible part of the Aegean island of Chios, where coastguard vessels …

Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in to rescue people from the smoldering wreckage. They were able to free one injured worker who was whisked to a …